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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> writes:
> 
> > User PPP works right... just "differently" than before. A specific 
> > reference to the different behaviour should be noted on the CD of course,
> > but I think userland PPP is quite stable and working better than ever.
> 
> Yes it works, but there are a few features it would be nice to have
> before it's unleashed on the world.  Like a way to explicitly bring up
> the link when running in auto mode.
> 
> It often takes me two or three tries to connect to my ISP, by which
> time a program that's attempting to open a socket has usually timed
> out.
> 
> In the past, I've handled this by using invoking ppp interactively
> when I'm present and using ppp -background for cron jobs.  Now I'm
> forced to use ppp -auto and my cron jobs keep timing out. :-(

I take it the cron jobs aren't being run as root.....

I think what's required here is a "connect" command.  You could then 
use pppctl:

  pppctl -v -p xxxxx -t 120 3000 connect

For the time being, I think you'll need to create a wrapper that 
execs ppp as root (or run the cron jobs as root).

> -- 
> I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready
> to make the commitment.

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....